Nominations for acts of courage and kindness will be accepted in a number of categories as the Capital Region Chapter of the American Red Cross readies for its annual Heroes Breakfast in April, where the men and women who have made the heroic efforts will be recognized.
Criteria for the nominee are: The nominee must have saved a life by intervening in a life-threatening situation or given the victim aid to survive; the nominee cannot have caused or contributed to the incident; and the nominee must live, work or have performed the heroic act in San Joaquin County.
The nominees can be friends, family members, public safety officers or members of the military. They can be professionally trained or just Good Samaritans.
The categories are:
Law Enforcement: A law enforcement officer or 911 dispatcher who responded to an incident or performed an extraordinary act of kindness or courage. The incident does not have to associated with the job and may have occurred on or off duty.
Firefighter: A professional firefighter who responded to an incident or performed an extraordinary act of kindness or courage. The incident may or may not be related to fire fighting or CPR, and may have occurred on or off duty.
Medical: A medical professional, organization or ordinary citizen who performs a life-saving action above and beyond the call of duty.
Youth Samaritan: A person younger than 21 who is associated with a rescue or act of extraordinary kindness that made a difference in the community in a time of need.
Workplace Safety: The nominee is part of a business or company that is associated with a rescue or act of extraordinary kindness that made a difference during a time of need.
Animal: A human or animal nominee who was involved in an event in which a person saved the animal or the animal saved the person.
Military: A member of the armed forces — active or retired, officer or enlisted — who performed lifesaving actions that went above and beyond the call of duty.
Good Neighbor: A person older than 21 who is associated with a rescue or act of extraordinary kindness within San Joaquin County. It can be any event that made a difference in the community through kindness, courage and unselfishness in a time of need.
Educator: A nominee who is associated with a school in San Joaquin County. It can be any event that had great impact on a student.
Good Samaritan: An ordinary person older than 21 who saved someone’s life.
Winners will be honored at the 2011 Heroes Breakfast on April 6 in Lodi. Nomination forms are available at the Tracy Fire Department administration office, 835 Central Ave. The form is also online at www.redcrosscrc.org.
The Red Cross is also taking entries in a Who Is Your Hero? essay contest as part of the breakfast. Two essays, one representing students in kindergarten through sixth grade and other for grades seven through 12 will be read at the breakfast, with the author and guest invited to attend.
Entries must be 150 words or less, typed or handwritten legibly. Entries can be sent by e-mail to redcrossevents@sjcredcross.org with the subject line “Who is your hero?” Letters can be sent by mail to the American red Cross, attention of the Heroes Nomination Committee, 2453 Grand Canal Blvd., Stockton California 95207, or faxed to 466-4910.
(This human thing is getting tough!)
Under the category Good Neighbor, I would like to nominate Mr. Ken Ucci for his Get Real Behind the Wheel program for driving safety for teenagers. I also would like to nominate Lori Martin for her efforts in speaking with high school students on the dangers and results of driving under the influence. Both are prime examples of Good Neighbors who unselfishly volunteer their time for the betterment of others.
« sal33 wrote on Saturday, Jan 15 at 01:32 AM »
The problem at the scene off of Grant line and Tracy Blvd, was that a man was drunk and walked out in front of a lady drivignand she didnt have enought time to come to a complete stop. My mom was driving about 10 cars behind the lady who hit the man and she didnt see anhything except the lady pull over in the road. Once we got closer we saw something laying in the road and the lady get ou and run towards it. My mom asked what it was and i told her it was a mans body. we immediately pulled in front of the lady and me and my mom ran out to the man. Another lady showed up to the scene while my mom was there. My mom (Kim Marzette) and the other lady ( i dont remember her name) rolled the man on his back and checked for a pulse while she told someone to call 911. They didnt feel a pulse or a heart beat and the man was dark purple and he was loosing conciouns. My mom has been a nurse for 22 years and the lady helping my mom was a nurse for 1 year. So my mom and the lady straightened out his neck and started to give him chest pumps. They switched off for about 3 minutes. After 4 rounds of chest pumps he started to cough and had a low pulse. They kept giving him chest pumps until the other lady felt a stronger pulse. After about 20 more seconds of chest pumps my mom felt him breath and his face turned back to normal. When the ambulance got there my mom was still giving him chest pumps until they provided oxygen to the man. Before they put the oxygen mask over his face his picked up his legs and started to move his arms and mumbling words. so the man was completely fine after a while, he had a cut or a crack on the right side of his head and there was blood on the ground. After all that he seemed to be fine and the lady who hit the man felt really bad and she was fine to. So from what i saw and was there at the whole scene the man wass brought back to life by two nurses, (Kim Marzette) and (SOme toher lady who helped really goog). So it would be good to put there names in the paper you would have to ask one of the police officers what the other lady was or i can ask my mom in the morning and wrte another comment with her name in it. But thanks for reading this. If any questions you can call me or text me at my cell, Preferably TEXT me cause im always busy thanks.209 242 1225
- Sal Marzette
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